Alternative 3D controllers

May 30, 2008 By 6 Comments

There are several very nice 3D mice out there for navigating services like Google Earth or Second Life. 3Dconnexion for example makes a whole line of devices for 3D navigation. Their compact units offer 6-8 degrees of freedom with several customizable options. The company has an SDK available and many of their devices are natively compatible with Linux (or available for access through an XInput … [Read more...]

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Upcoming convention roundup

May 30, 2008 By 2 Comments

Lots of con news is coming in these days so lets do a quick roundup of upcoming events:REconJune 13-15, 2008Montreal, CanadaREcon has started posting information about their training sessions such as the Advanced Reverse Engineering session with Nicolas Brulez.The Last HOPEJuly 18-20, 2008New York CityThe Last HOPE just announced its speaker list. It includes the infamous Kevin Mitnick, … [Read more...]

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OiNK Arrests

May 30, 2008 By 27 Comments

British authorities have reportedly begun arresting users of OiNK. Last week at least one person was arrested for seeding a single album on the now-defunct torrent index. The user was questioned by police and then released on bail. Though it is not new for record companies to engage in civil action against users of filesharing networks, legal experts who have commented on the case are puzzled by … [Read more...]

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PSP external controller wiring

May 30, 2008 By 9 Comments

Acimods contributor [Blizzrad] has just finished one of the cleanest mods we've seen in a while. With minimal modification to the outside of the PSP he was able to add an external PS2 controller. This naturally took a lot of internal modification. The controller and PSP use a 25 pin SMT connector salvaged from a laptop. The controller's connector housing is from a set of component cables. Video … [Read more...]

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XY fabric interface

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[Maurin Donneaud], the giant fabric keyboard builder, has also been working on the XYinteraction tactile interface. XYinteraction is made of two sheets of fabric stretched across a square frame with the conductive threads of each sheet running in opposite directions. When the user touches one of the sheets, it makes contact with the other sheet, relaying x-y coordinates to a computer via a LilyPad … [Read more...]

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LED ambient light strips

May 30, 2008 By 6 Comments

[Shadow] sent in his ambient LED strip project. He picked up a ton of RGB (Red/Green/Blue) LEDs off of eBay and built several LED strips. To get up and running, he used an LED-wiz controller. With the off the shelf controller, this is a pretty easy project, and the ambient lighting effect looks great. Check out the video after the break or on the project page.In 2006, we posted about [rafkep]'s … [Read more...]

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Best of the rest

May 30, 2008 By 5 Comments

Here are some more stories from yesterday that we found interesting: MediaDefender takes down Revision3. Revision3 posts about it; takes down self. Monkey cyborg Multiplayer iPod Touch Pong [via Waxy] Powered exosuit available for preorder, 200 pound capacity Atari Punk Capsule [via BoingBoing] That CSS history leak keeps getting pitched as a feature [via Download Squad] … [Read more...]

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